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Arizona is known as the solar industry’s pioneer state and with good reason. Considering that the sun shines 85% of the year, Arizona and solar are like two peas in a pod. It’s no wonder, then, that the state is one of the top in the country in solar energy generation. Solar use in Arizona goes back a long way. The history is colorful and surrounded by influential people and technology that made solar power the clean, efficient energy generator that it is today.  Now, innovations in solar technology have allowed regular homeowners in Arizona and around the globe access to this money-saving, carbon footprint reducing way to produce power in their homes. This economic change has catapulted solar energy to the highest levels it has ever been worldwide. For residents of Arizona, it has major implications, too.  A Quick Timeline of Solar Power  Solar power has been harnessed for millennia when people used the strategic placement of openings in ...

For everyone not willing to live the old-fashioned life of candlelight and hand-pumped water, electricity is a necessary evil. You have to have it, but to have it, you have to pay for it.  In the past, short of generating your own power through wind mills or other cumbersome techniques, the only way to receive the electricity necessary to power your home was to attach your house to a utility company’s generator. This made power companies have control similar to a monopoly in their county, governed only by the policies set in place by the state keeping them regulated. Today, though, home and business owners in Illinois have a choice in how they power their homes. With the innovation of solar technology, clean energy powered by the sun is now affordable and easy to implement regardless of where in the state you live. In fact, solar energy is not only accessible, it is encouraged by the United States and the government of Illinois. State legislation has solar powe...

In the race to see which state can top the charts for the most solar powered homes and businesses, Washington is determined to take the lead. To do this, the government and private companies are offering incredible incentives, updated solar-led policies, and multiple strategies to entice people to make the switch to clean, efficient solar energy. Washington has a bad reputation for being too cloudy for solar panels to work well, but that is a badly held myth disproved over years and years of solar studies. Solar maps of the Pacific Northwest region show that the upper areas of the United States receive more than enough sunlight to effectively power both homes and businesses throughout the year, even factoring in cloud cover and dreary days! So, to combat rumors and falsely held beliefs, Washington legislators have had to work extra hard to spread the word that solar power works. They have done a great job with this, throwing in extra incentives and policies that reward ...